Software Engineer - Market Data Jobs

Clear Street

Location:
United States, New York

Category:
IT - Software Development

Contract Type:
Not provided

Salary:

200000.00 - 250000.00 USD / Year

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Job Description:

We are looking for a skilled and experienced Software Engineer to join our team, building high-performance real-time data pipelines to process financial market data, including security prices for various asset classes such as equities, options, futures, and more. You will play a key role in designing, developing, and optimizing data pipelines that handle large volumes of data with low latency and high throughput, ensuring that our systems can process and deliver market data in real time.

Job Responsibility:

Design, develop, and maintain real-time data pipelines to handle financial market data with low latency and high throughput in a resilient manner
Work with various asset classes such as equities, options, futures, and other financial instruments to ensure timely and accurate data processing
Collaborate with product, trading, and risk teams to understand requirements and deliver high-quality solutions that meet business needs
Develop efficient mechanisms for integrating market data feeds from exchanges and other sources into our systems
Troubleshoot and resolve performance issues, data discrepancies, and ensure data integrity across the pipeline
Continuously monitor the performance and health of data pipelines, identifying and mitigating potential issues before they impact system performance

Requirements:

At least 8+ years of professional experience implementing low-latency, high-throughput data pipelines
Solid understanding of distributed systems and the challenges involved in real-time data pipelines (e.g., data consistency, fault tolerance, scalability)
Familiarity with financial market data, including security prices, and asset classes like equities, options, futures, etc...
Strong familiarity with Linux/BSD
Familiarity with TCP/IP and UDP (Unicast/Multicast) networking
You communicate technical ideas with ease and always look to collaborate to deliver high quality products
You are a team player, with experience working effectively with other engineers toward common goals

Nice to have:

Experience with system profiling with eBPF
Experience with columnar storage and database systems
Kernel bypass networking (DPDK or XDP)
Provisioning and configuration of routing in the cloud or on-premise, including BGP, VPCs, network peering
Experience with Aeron

What we offer:

Competitive compensation packages
Company equity
401k matching
Gender neutral parental leave
Full medical, dental and vision insurance
Lunch stipends
Fully stocked kitchens
Happy hours
A great location
Amazing views

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
December 07, 2025

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

On-site work

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